I played a prediction game in 2019, and I dare to say, I played it pretty well. So, let's see how accurate were my predictions. Prediction #1 - Upwork Stock Prices Will Turn Out To Be A Huge Disappointment. In October of 2018, I dared to ask this question: Then, one month later I analyzed . Why I think it's tragic that Upwork went public? Upwork's first month as a public company I left more than one red flag in my articles. I even quoted some guys who really knew what they were talking about: “The double-digit drop today should serve as a nice reminder to investors on why it can make sense to wait a quarter or two before buying shares of any newly public company.” Did I get this one right? Well, Yahoo Finance summed it up perfectly in this article: If You Had Bought Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) Stock A Year Ago, You'd Be Sitting On A 46% Loss, Today. Prediction #2 - Upwork's Captain Won't Go Down With His Ship. Here on Hacker Noon, I pointed out Upwork's CEO - Stephane Kasriel, preoccupation with stocks selling activities. The timing was perfect, to say the least. Here's the full article: Upwork Second Quarter 2019 Financial Report: Titanic Orchestra At Their Finest. Eventually, Upwork's CEO stepped down. Why? Well, according to Fortune " ." My article's illustration and one particular subheading became an ominous prediction: amid depressed stock price "O Captain! My Captain! Why Are You Leaving Your Ship That Still Floats?" Prediction #3 - Upwork Will Make Freelancers Pay To Play. Again, October 2018. Back then, I used to write about . I couldn't leave out Upwork, could I? freelance fees on Hacker Noon Talking about "unpleasant surprises:" The only thing left for me to do was to write a heartbreaking article about it: A Farewell To FREE Upwork Connects — Cherish Your Freelance Moments. Prediction #4 - Fiverr Will Go Public. I asked, in November of 2018. In June of 2019, I got the . Is Fiver Going Public positive response Prediction #5 - Quora Will Become Shamelessly Biased in Freelance-Related Topics. This is one of my . longer stories on Hacker Noon When I wrote about it in September of 2019, Quora and Toptal limited their "growth-hacking-activities" to the most popular freelance-related topics with the biggest number of followers, "only!" That changed recently with the usurpation of . The number of views speaks for themselves. the most viewed writers list in Upwork topic on Quora Just in case you've been wondering, what Toptal has to do with Quora? Well, you should know that the co-founder and CEO of - is also among the top investors in . Nuff said. Quora Adam D’Angelo Toptal Prediction #6 - GoLance Will Lower Their Service Fees. I've already mentioned my Hacker Noon article . It seems that I actually made two predictions in one article. The first one was about Upwork (see Prediction #3). This one was about goLance: Let’s Talk About Fees, You Busy Freelance Bees Here's what happened a few months later: Prediction #7 - Upwork Will "Fix" Their Negative Trustpilot's Score Done. Upwork "improved" their TrustScore from 1.4/5.0 to . How? 4.1/5.0 Here's how: Buying Upwork Reviews: Is Your Freelancer Really a 5-Star Freelancer? What About Your Predictions For 2020? Why not? Let's play the prediction game again. - Upwork stock prices will stay above $10. How do I know? Well, wait and see. My First 2020 Prediction - The new Upwork's CEO will keep the old stock market habits. . My Second 2020 Prediction It's already happening - Hacker Noon's Alexa ranking will be somewhere between 2.5K and 3K in 2020. My Third 2020 Prediction - will have more than 100K followers by the end of this year and confirm its status as the most popular Quora Space for freelancers. My Fourth 2020 Prediction Freelancing Mindset - GoLance will lower their service fees, again. My Fifth 2020 Prediction - The AB5 virus will spread all over the USA, not just Cali and NJ. My Sixth 2020 Prediction - I won't win a Noonie Award as the most controversial writer on Hacker Noon. My Seventh 2020 Prediction That's all Hacker Noon folks! The 2020 prediction game is on!
